Systems and methods for network congestion management using radio access network congestion indicators
First Claim
1. A system for managing communications network congestion, comprising:
- a radio access network (RAN) interface configured to receive RAN congestion indicators;
a congestion correlator module configured to correlate the RAN congestion indicators to service congestion indicators;
a database comprising congestion based policy rules, wherein the congestion-based policy rules establish control responses based on at least one or more service congestion indicators;
a policy controller module configured to apply the congestion-based policy rules to achieve a policy decision; and
a policy enforcement control point interface configured to transmit network control instructions to enforce the policy decision;
wherein the congestion correlator module is further configured to generate a predictive service congestion indicator based on received RAN congestion indicators by performing pattern matching with a pattern based on a RAN congestion history that corresponds to a previous service congestion event.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing communications network congestion are provided. In an embodiment, the system includes a radio access network (RAN) interface configured to receive RAN congestion indicators, a congestion correlator module configured to correlate RAN congestion indicators to service congestion indicators, a database comprising a set of congestion based policy rules, a policy controller module configured to apply the congestion-based policy rules to achieve a policy decision, and a policy enforcement control point interface configured to transmit network control instructions to enforce the policy decisions. In another embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for managing communications network congestion, that includes receiving one or more radio access network (RAN) congestion indicators, correlating the one or more RAN congestion indicators to one or more service congestion indicators, applying a congestion-based policy rule based on service congestion indicators to generate a policy decision, and implementing the policy decision.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for managing communications network congestion, comprising:
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a radio access network (RAN) interface configured to receive RAN congestion indicators; a congestion correlator module configured to correlate the RAN congestion indicators to service congestion indicators; a database comprising congestion based policy rules, wherein the congestion-based policy rules establish control responses based on at least one or more service congestion indicators; a policy controller module configured to apply the congestion-based policy rules to achieve a policy decision; and a policy enforcement control point interface configured to transmit network control instructions to enforce the policy decision; wherein the congestion correlator module is further configured to generate a predictive service congestion indicator based on received RAN congestion indicators by performing pattern matching with a pattern based on a RAN congestion history that corresponds to a previous service congestion event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing communications network congestion, comprising:
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receiving one or more radio access network (RAN) congestion indicators; correlating the one or more RAN congestion indicators to one or more service congestion indicators; applying a congestion-based policy rule based on the one or more service congestion indicators to generate a policy decision; and implementing the policy decision; wherein the correlating the one or more RAN congestion indicators to the one or more service congestion indicators include generating a predictive service congestion indicator based on received RAN congestion indicators by performing pattern matching with a pattern based on a RAN congestion history that corresponds to a previous service congestion event. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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